A total of 130 Hamilton College student-athletes have earned a spot on the 2025 NESCAC Spring All-Academic Team. 
 

Student-athletes from 12 athletic programs (baseball, softball, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s rowing, men’s and women’s tennis, and men’s and women’s outdoor track & field) were eligible for NESCAC all-academic recognition. The team honors sophomore, junior and senior varsity letter winners who have maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or better. 
 
Spring all-academic team recipients Chester Boynton ’27 (baseball), Will Whittaker ’25 (men’s golf), Max Klivans ’25 (men’s rowing), Annika Benn ’25 (women’s rowing) and Stephanie Pratt ’25 (women’s tennis) also made the all-conference team in their sport. 
 
Softball players Emma Tansky ’25 and Alexis Mayer ’26 made the all-conference team and secured a spot on the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Region Team. 
 
Women’s tennis player Hannah Apsey ’25 made the all-conference team, and was named to the 2025 NESCAC Spring All-Sportsmanship Team.
 
Dana Schwartz ’26 and Claire Tratnyek ’26 secured a spot on the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Outdoor All-Region Team. 
 
The 130 student-athletes included 68 repeat selections and 31 who made their third appearance on the spring team including: Henry Boehm ’25, Carter Chambers ’25, Peter Jones ’25, Charlie Quinn ’25, Regan Arnold ’25, Ryan Connors ’25, Brian Healy ’25, Sam Pettengill ’25, Sarah DeSanto ’25, Sean Gebauer ’25, Zach Lucchini ’25, Jake Mair ’25, Justin Pearl ’25, Milo Trabulsy ’25, Jayme Wilde ’25, Anna Peterson ’25, Emma Toes ’25, Anna Zoccolillo ’25, Christophe Boivin ’25, Max Klivans ’25, Ian Vogelsang ’25, Annika Benn ’25, Caroline Chapman ’25, Ella Lepine ’25, Becca Perry ’25, Nicolas Gritz ’25, Hannah Apsey ’25, Shannon Cicero ’25, Stephanie Pratt ’25, Kate Solowey ’25 and Edward Trenk ’25. 
 
The NESCAC, established in 1971, is comprised of 11 highly selective colleges and universities located in the Northeast. The NESCAC sponsors 27 conference championship sports (13 for men and 14 for women). 
 
Baseball
Luke Beyer ’27 (Rye, N.Y./International School for Liberal Arts)
Henry Boehm ’25 (McLean, Va./The Potomac School)
Chester Boynton ’27 (Concord, Mass./Middlesex School)
Carter Chambers ’25 (East Lyme, Conn./East Lyme HS)
Peter Jones ’25 (Concord, Mass./Belmont Hill School)
Greg Kopp ’25 (McLean, Va./Gonzaga College HS [D.C.])
Jared MacDonald ’27 (North Reading, Mass./Brooks School)
Alfonso Rada ’27 (Ozone Park, N.Y./Poly Prep Country Day School)
Ethan Righter ’27 (Fairfield, Conn./St. Luke’s School)
Aden Soroca ’27 (New York, N.Y./Horace Mann School)
Nicholas Sticka ’27 (Canton, Conn./The Loomis Chaffee School)
TJ Takis ’26 (McLean, Va./The Potomac School)
 
Softball
Lucy Ballard ’27 (Fort Worth, Texas/Legacy HS)
Julia Hacker ’27 (Boulder, Colo./Fairview HS)
Alexis Mayer ’26 (Woodcliff Lake, N.J./Pascack Hills HS) 
Jordan Merklin ’26 (Wind Gap, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic HS)
Lydia Mirabito ’26 (Fulton, N.Y./G. Ray Bodley HS)
Charlie Quinn ’25 (McLean, Va.)
Hadley Rogers ’26 (Wallingford, Conn./Choate Rosemary Hall)
Emma Tansky ’25 (Collegeville, Pa./Episcopal Academy)
 
Men’s Golf
Regan Arnold ’25 (Willsboro, N.Y./Willsboro Central School)
Ryan Connors ’25 (Mendon, N.Y./Honeoye Falls-Lima HS)
Brian Healy ’25 (Lexington, Mass./Lexington HS)
Kyzar Joshi ’27 (Ashland, Mass./Ashland HS)
Sam Pettengill ’25 (Cincinnati, Ohio/Cincinnati Country Day School)
Eric Soderberg ’26 (Pelham, N.Y./Pelham Memorial HS)
Will Whittaker ’25 (South Kent, Conn./South Kent School)
 
Women’s Golf
Serena Bagga ’27 (Blue Bell, Pa./Germantown Academy)
Sarah DeSanto ’25 (West Hartford, Conn./William Hall HS)
Sydney Dweck ’27 (Darien, Conn./Greenwich Academy)
Keira Joshi ’27 (Ashland, Mass./Ashland HS)
Angela Liu ’27 (Strathfield South, Australia/Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Sydney)
Peyton Sichol ’26 (Winnetka, Ill./New Trier HS)
 
Men’s Lacrosse
Riley Chai-Onn ’27 (Rockville, Md./St. John’s College HS [D.C.])
Ford Collins ’27 (Lawrence Township, N.J./The Lawrenceville School)
Frank Coyle ’26 (Peterborough, Ontario/Culver Academies [Ind.])
Evan deBerjeois ’27 (East Syracuse, N.Y./East Syracuse-Minoa Central HS)
Jesse Delinsky ’26 (Washington, D.C./Sidwell Friends School)
Rex Flinn ’25 (Penn Valley, Pa./Westminster School [Conn.])
Sean Gebauer ’25 (Milltown, N.J./Saint Joseph HS)
Ben Greco ’27 (Merrick, N.Y./John F. Kennedy HS)
Ben Keppler ’26 (Chevy Chase, Md./Sidwell Friends School [D.C.])
Zach Lucchini ’25 (Sudbury, Mass./Lincoln-Sudbury Regional HS)
Jake Mair ’25 (Middleton, Mass./Masconomet Regional HS)
Dominic Mauretti ’26 (Rehoboth, Mass./The Lawrenceville School [N.J.])
Justin Pearl ’25 (Westport, Conn./St. Luke’s School)
David Russell ’26 (Suffolk, Va./Nansemond-Suffolk Academy)
Milo Trabulsy ’25 (Colchester, Vt./The Hotchkiss School [Conn.])
Jayme Wilde ’25 (Upton, Mass./Phillips Academy Andover) 
 
Women’s Lacrosse 
Marin Ciardiello ’26 (Guilford, Conn./Hopkins School)
Aine Cleary ’25 (Irvington, N.Y./Irvington HS)
Anna Gum ’26 (Dallas, Texas/The Hockaday School)
Sydney Klepper ’26 (Ramsey, N.J./Ramsey HS)
Julia Lee ’27 (Towson, Md./St. Paul’s School for Girls)
Maddigan Leifer ’26 (Shelton, Conn./St. Joseph HS)
Alex Orlando ’25 (Pelham, N.Y./Pelham Memorial HS)
Anna Peterson ’25 (Summit, N.J./Kent Place School)
Elizabeth Rudge ’27 (Katonah, N.Y./Hackley School)
Eliza Schwarz ’27 (New York, N.Y./Poly Prep Country Day School)
Kat Showalter ’26 (Los Altos, Calif./Sacred Heart Preparatory School)
Sarah Stonestreet ’25 (Weston, Mass./Deerfield Academy)
Emma Toes ’25 (Manhasset, N.Y./Manhasset Secondary School)
Avery Trach ’27 (New Milford, Conn./Canterbury School)
Kristin Vosswinkel ’27 (East Setaukat, N.Y./Ward Melville HS)
Carlisle West ’25 (Los Angeles, Calif./Marymount HS)
Jessica Winslow ’25 (East Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville HS)
Anna Zoccolillo ’25 (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan HS)
 
Men’s Rowing 
Christophe Boivin ’25 (Mount Laurel, N.J./Bishop Eustace Preparatory School)
Hunter Howard ’27 (Frisco, Texas/Frisco HS)
Max Klivans ’25 (San Francisco, Calif./Lowell HS)
Sam Lacy ’27 (Columbia, Md./River Hills HS)
Robert Neithart ’26 (Montecito, Calif./Loyola HS of Los Angeles)
Kai Polozie ’27 (Rochester, N.Y./Allendale Columbia School)
Nicolai Tolstoy ’27 (Stockholm, Sweden/Norra Real Gymnasium)
Ian Vogelsang ’25 (New Hope, Pa./New Hope-Solebury HS)
 
Women’s Rowing
Annika Benn ’25 (Arlington, Mass./Arlington HS)
Chayti Biswas ’27 (Woodhaven, N.Y./Townsend Harris HS)
Caroline Chapman ’25 (Lexington, Ky./Baylor School [Tenn.])
Sigrid Davidson ’27 (Minneapolis, Minn./Minnehaha Academy) 
Ashlyn Garrick ’27 (Guilford, Conn./Guilford HS)
Meg Gillies ’27 (Mill Neck, N.Y./Friends Academy)
Patricia Higgins ’26 (Otego, N.Y./Unatego Jr.-Sr. HS)
Bailey Leone-Levine ’27 (West Sand Lake, N.Y./Emma Willard School)
Ella Lepine ’25 (Northampton, Mass./Northampton HS)
Cate Logan ’27 (Golden, Colo./Golden Senior HS)
Kristina Meyers ’27 (Alexandria, Va./Alexandria City HS)
Becca Perry ’25 (Portland, Ore./Oregon Episcopal School)
Samantha Trombone ’25 (Bronx, N.Y. / Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy)
Elise Walters ’26 (Bainbridge Island, Wash./Bainbridge HS)
 
Men’s Tennis
Coby Feldman ’26 (Waccabuc, N.Y./Dwight School)
Nicolas Gritz ’25 (Chatham, N.J./Delbarton School)
Neal Gupta ’26 (McLean, Va./Sidwell Friends School [D.C.])
 
Women’s Tennis
Hannah Apsey ’25 (Allendale, N.J./Northern Highlands Regional HS)
Priyanka Challapalli ’27 (Helotes, Texas/Brandeis HS)
Shannon Cicero ’25 (Franklin Lakes, N.J./Ramapo HS)
Stephanie Pratt ’25 (Beverly, Mass./Manchester Essex Regional HS)
Grace Qian ’27 (Birmingham, Ala./Oak Mountain HS)
Kate Solowey ’25 (Sudbury, Mass./Lincoln-Sudbury Regional HS)
Ally Turtledove ’25 (Leawood, Kan./The Pembroke Hill School [Mo.])
Hannah Walpole ’26 (Tauranga, New Zealand/Otumoetai College)
 
Men’s Track & Field 
Mateo Alvarez ’27 (Berwyn, Pa./The Shipley School)
Alexander Badami ’26 (Blue Bell, Pa./Germantown Academy)
Liam Card ’27 (Damariscotta, Maine/Lincoln Academy)
Garrett Cordova-Caddes ’27 (Claremont, Calif./Webb School of California)
Henry Ebben ’27 (Katy, Texas/Cinco Ranch HS)
Andrew Goetzmann ’27 (Mercer Island, Wash./Eastside Preparatory School)
Jack Graziani ’27 (Concord, Mass./Concord-Carlisle Regional HS)
Andrew Greden ’27 (West Hartford, Conn./William Hall HS)
Kevin Martinez ’27 (Las Vegas, Nev./Clark HS)
Joseph Simeone ’26 (Slingerlands, N.Y./The Albany Academies)
Edward Trenk ’25 (Wellesley, Mass./Wellesley HS)
Hugh Williams ’26 (Richmond, Va./Collegiate School)
 
Women’s Track & Field 
Sarra Ben Abdallah ’25 (Tunis, Tunisia/Pioneer HS of Ariana)
Maddie Foss ’25 (Syracuse, N.Y./Jamesville-DeWitt HS)
Taylor Harris ’26 (New York, N.Y./Convent of the Sacred Heart)
Sasha Iizuka-Sheeley ’27 (Honolulu, Hawaii/Punahou School)
Karenna Laufer ’25 (Bentley Springs, Md./St. Paul’s School for Girls)
Lillian Letzring ’27 (Schuylerville, N.Y./Schuylerville Central School)
Renata Mendez-Alvarez ’27 (Santiago, Chile/The Mayflower School)
Lily Murphy ’27 (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Andrew’s School [D.C])
Sofia Nogueiro ’27 (Ross, Calif./Redwood HS)
Hope Obolanle ’25 (Newark, N.J./The Peddie School)
Claire Pfanstiel ’27 (Newtown, Pa./Council Rock HS North)
Emily Pogozelski ’26 (Garden City, N.Y./Garden City HS)
Dana Schwartz ’26 (Cape Elizabeth, Maine/Cape Elizabeth HS)
Kate Scibelli ’26 (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua Academy)
Claire Tratnyek ’26 (Short Hills, N.J./Kent Place School)
Clara Winkel ’27 (Bangkok, Thailand/International School Bangkok)
Michelle Wu ’25 (Demarest, N.J./Northern Valley Regional HS at Demarest) 

Six University of Minnesota Duluth women’s hockey players earned spots on the 2024-25 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Women’s At-Large Team, while three were selected as CSC Academic All-America® finalists and will advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members.

Senior defenseman Hanna Baskin, sophomore goaltender Eve Gascon, fifth-year defenseman Nina Jobst-Smith, sophomore defenseman Ida Karlsson, redshirt junior forward Mary Kate O’Brien and graduate forward Clara Van Wieren  were all named to the 2024-25 CSC All-District Women’s At-Large Team. Gascon, Jobst-Smith and Van Wieren will also advance as CSC Academic All-America finalists. 

While Van Wieren was a 2023-24 CSC Academic All-American a year ago, she is joined by O’Brien as repeat CSC All-District Women’s At-Large Team member. Jobst-Smith has now been an CSC All-District selection that last three seasons.

Academic All-District® honorees were considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. Student-athletes selected as CSC Academic All-America® finalists advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members. NCAA and NAIA Women’s At-Large Academic All-America® First-, second- and third-team honorees will be announced on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (The Men’s At-Large Teams will be announced on Wednesday, July 9.) 

To be nominated, student athletes must fit the following criteria —
Academic standing:

• Student-athletes must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically.
• Nominee must be enrolled at their institution at the time of nomination as either an undergraduate or graduate student. Only the school at which an athlete competed in the current academic year can nominate that player.
• Student-athletes who have graduated from their own institution during the current academic year and are not competing in athletics at another institution at the time of nomination are eligible.
• Transfer student-athletes are immediately eligible. If your transfer student-athletes (undergraduates or graduates) are in their first semester at your institution, you must use their cumulative undergraduate GPA and cumulative graduate GPA (if grad GPA is applicable) from their former institution — which meets the 3.50 cumulative GPA — to be considered for Academic All-District/Academic All-America status. This would be the GPA or GPAs they used when gaining admittance to your institution. If your transfer student-athlete has a GPA at your institution, then you take the COMBINED cumulative GPA (from all institutions) and use that in your nomination process. (You cannot just select their GPA at your institution to date.)

Academic eligibility:

• An undergraduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale).
• A graduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) as both an undergraduate and a grad student unless they are in their first semester as a graduate student and don’t have an established graduate GPA.
• The cumulative grade point average may not be rounded up to 3.50.
• First-semester transfers: See the information, above, for how to submit their GPA.

MEN’S & WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY 
Eligible nominees must compete in 90 percent of the institution’s games played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the institution’s games. For goalies, a student-athlete must have started at least 50 percent of an institutions games. 

By: Justin Lafleur

HANOVER, N.H. — Wyatt Allen, the Betsy and Mark Gates 1959 Head Coach of Men’s Heavyweight Rowing, has been named the Intercollegiate Rowing Coaches Association (IRCA) National Coach of the Year, as announced on Friday. Allen helped lead the Big Green to tremendous success in 2025, highlighted by the varsity eight finishing second at Eastern Sprints and third at the IRA National Championship.
 
Allen was a finalist for the award along with the head coaches of Washington (Michael Callahan), Cal (Scott Frandsen) and Syracuse (Dave Reischman).
 
“I’m really happy to see Wyatt win this award,” said Billy Bender, who stroked the varsity eight. “He has been instrumental to my development as an athlete and has helped so many guys on our team make the jump from good to elite. It has been really fun to see the program grow into one of the best teams in the nation under his leadership.”
 
The varsity eight went from 11th in the country in 2024 to third in 2025. The crew finished unbeaten in their spring dual season, going on to finish second at Eastern Sprints and third at the IRA National Championship, only trailing Washington and Harvard at IRAs. Dartmouth’s grand final time of 5:30.900 was only 0.15 seconds behind the Crimson in second and just 1.12 seconds behind the national champion Huskies.
 
The Big Green also saw their second and fourth varsity eights earn bronze medals at Eastern Sprints.
 
“Coach Wyatt is Dartmouth Rowing,” said Sammy Houdaigui, coxswain of the varsity eight. “He inspires and expects everyone to achieve their potential, not just on the water but also in all facets of life. His strength of character is evident in every interaction you have with him. His leadership, integrity and commitment to his athletes have made every member of the team a better person.
 
“I came to Dartmouth for the chance to be coached by Wyatt, and it has been the most formative experience of my life,” Houdaigui continued.
 
For the varsity eight, the spring began with a win at Yale, giving Dartmouth the Olympic Axe for the first time in the Axe’s 21-year history. The crew went on to pick up dual victories over Boston University, Syracuse, Wisconsin, Columbia and Northeastern.
 
“Coach getting this award is not a surprise for any of us on the team,” said Houdaigui. “We all know we have the best coach out there. What makes me most grateful for the last four years is that I had the chance to be coached by someone whose strength of character is every bit as remarkable as his coaching ability.”
 

University of Minnesota Duluth men’s hockey player Joey Pierce earned a spot on the 2024-25 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Men’s At-Large Teams selected by College Sports Communicators, that recognize the nation’s top student athletes for their combined performances in competition and in the classroom.

Pierce, a junior from Hermantown, Minn., was also named to the 2024-2025 NCHC Academic All-Conference Team, as well as a NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete.

Academic All-District® honorees were considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. Student-athletes selected as CSC Academic All-America® finalists advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members. NCAA and NAIA Women’s At-Large Academic All-America® First-, second- and third-team honorees will be announced on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (The Men’s At-Large Teams will be announced on Wednesday, July 9.) 

To be nominated, student athletes must fit the following criteria —
Academic standing:

• Student-athletes must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically.
• Nominee must be enrolled at their institution at the time of nomination as either an undergraduate or graduate student. Only the school at which an athlete competed in the current academic year can nominate that player.
• Student-athletes who have graduated from their own institution during the current academic year and are not competing in athletics at another institution at the time of nomination are eligible.
• Transfer student-athletes are immediately eligible. If your transfer student-athletes (undergraduates or graduates) are in their first semester at your institution, you must use their cumulative undergraduate GPA and cumulative graduate GPA (if grad GPA is applicable) from their former institution — which meets the 3.50 cumulative GPA — to be considered for Academic All-District/Academic All-America status. This would be the GPA or GPAs they used when gaining admittance to your institution. If your transfer student-athlete has a GPA at your institution, then you take the COMBINED cumulative GPA (from all institutions) and use that in your nomination process. (You cannot just select their GPA at your institution to date.)

Academic eligibility:

• An undergraduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale).
• A graduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) as both an undergraduate and a grad student unless they are in their first semester as a graduate student and don’t have an established graduate GPA.
• The cumulative grade point average may not be rounded up to 3.50.
• First-semester transfers: See the information, above, for how to submit their GPA.

MEN’S & WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY 
Eligible nominees must compete in 90 percent of the institution’s games played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the institution’s games. For goalies, a student-athlete must have started at least 50 percent of an institutions games. 

The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today that the team has signed forwards Matthew Stienburg and Jason Polin to a one-year contracts through the 2025-26 season.

Stienburg, 24, missed the majority of the 2024-25 season due to an upper-body injury he suffered on Nov. 1. Prior to the injury, he skated in three regular season contests with the Colorado Eagles of the American Hockey League and finished the regular season with three points (1g/2a) over five total games. The centerman also made his NHL debut with the Avalanche on Oct. 16 vs. Boston and finished his NHL stint with eight games played. He appeared in three Calder Cup playoff matchups after returning from injury.

The Halifax, Nova Scotia, native joined the Eagles following the conclusion of his senior season at Cornell University and from 2022-25 has totaled 17 points (6g/11a) in 63 career AHL contests. During the 2023-24 campaign, Stienburg posted career highs in goals (5), assists (8) and games played (54). He has added one point (1a) in seven career Calder Cup playoff games.

Selected by the Avalanche in the third round (63rd overall) of the 2019 NHL Draft, Stienburg recorded 46 points (20g/26a) in 73 career NCAA games at Cornell. He appeared in 18 games as a senior in 2022-23 (2g/5a), missing 16 contests due to an injury sustained in late December. As a junior in 2021-22, Stienburg was named to the All-ECAC Hockey Second Team after leading Cornell with 29 points (13g/16a) in 28 games. During his freshman season in 2019-20, Stienburg registered 10 points (5g/5a) in 27 games and ranked first among all ECAC rookie forwards with a +12 rating. He did not play during the 2020-21 campaign due to the cancellation of the Ivy League season.

Prior to joining Cornell, Stienburg played for St. Andrew’s College in Ontario from 2017-19, collecting 128 points (60g/68a) in 93 CAHS league games and producing 32 points (11g/21a) in 20 CISAA (Conference of Independent Schools Athletic Association) outings. He also recorded 10 points (5g/5a) in eight total postseason contests to help St. Andrew’s win the league championship two years in a row. Stienburg served as team captain his second season in 2018-19. The 6-foot-1, 182-pound center joined the Sioux City Musketeers of the USHL following the conclusion of that campaign and registered one point (0g/1a) in three games.

Matthew’s father, Trevor, played nine years of professional hockey, including 71 games with the NHL’s Québec Nordiques.

Polin, 26, also missed time due to injury in 2024-25 but tallied 19 points (11g/8a) in 39 regular-season outings for the Eagles. Despite being limited to 39 games, he tied for ninth on the team in goals. The forward suited up in seven Calder Cup playoff games and chipped in a goal, his first career postseason tally as a professional.

Polin made his NHL debut on Jan. 8, 2024 and has skated in nine games for the Avalanche over the last two seasons. He scored his first goal on Jan. 16, 2024 at Ottawa.

The Holt, Mich., native has appeared in 88 regular-season AHL contests from 2022-25, collecting 30 points (15g/15a). He has also appeared in 13 postseason games with the Eagles across the three seasons. Polin originally signed with Colorado as a college free agent on March 29, 2023.

Prior to turning pro, Polin attended Western Michigan University from 2019-23, where he recorded 96 points (60g/36a) in 132 games. During his senior year while serving as team captain, Polin led all NCAA skaters with 30 goals, setting a National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) record. He totaled 47 points (30g/17), ranking second on the team in points, tied for first in power-play goals (6) and recorded five hat tricks. Polin was named the NCHC’s Player of the Year and was a top-10 finalist for the Hobey Baker Award as a top player in college hockey.

The 6-foot, 198-pound forward skated in 157 career USHL games with the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders from 2016-19, producing 84 points (50g/34a). He served as an alternate captain during his final season in 2018-19 and notched 50 points (30g/20a) while finishing tied for seventh in the league in goals. Polin appeared in six USHL postseason games in 2018-19 and tallied nine points (5g/4a), ranking first on the team in both goals and points.